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Shiva Bhujangam
शिवभुजङ्गम्
Śivabhujaṅgam
Chant
न शक्नोमि कर्तुं परद्रोहलेशं कथं प्रीयसे त्वं न जाने गिरीश तथाहि प्रसन्नोऽसि कस्यापि कान्ता सुतद्रोहिणो वा पितृद्रोहिणो वा ॥१३॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- न शक्नोमि कर्तुं परद्रोहलेशं
- I cannot do even a trace of harm to others;
- कथं प्रीयसे त्वं न जाने गिरीश
- how you are pleased, O Lord of the mountain, I do not know.
- तथाहि प्रसन्नोऽसि कस्यापि कान्ता
- Yet you are gracious to the wife of someone,
- सुतद्रोहिणो वा पितृद्रोहिणो वा
- or to one who harms his son, or harms his father.
The Lord's mercy confounds human judgment, extending even to those who sin against kin. His grace is not earned by moral calculus but flows from compassion beyond comprehension.
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